Belluno police fined two betting venues during checks ordered by Questore Roberto Della Rocca for the 1 May holiday period. Each venue received an administrative penalty exceeding €1,000 because the required owner’s representative was absent during opening hours, according to the report.
Betting operators in Belluno face penalties if the required owner’s representative is absent while venues are open.
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ADM, the Guardia di Finanza, Carabinieri and State Police carried out more than 40 checks in the provinces of L’Aquila and Pescara as part of CoPReGI activity. They identified criminal and administrative violations, including premises in both provinces that did not display a licence issued by the police commissioner.
Bologna’s Guardia di Finanza said it found more than €1.3m in poker winnings that a player had not declared in Italy. Investigators deemed the player’s move to Malta fictitious and referred the case to the Bologna prosecutor’s office over alleged failure to declare income.
Bologna's Guardia di Finanza said it identified more than €1.3m in undeclared poker winnings held by a live poker player who had moved his residence to Malta. The player has been treated as fiscally resident in Italy and referred to the Bologna prosecutor's office over alleged failure to declare income, according to the provincial command's account of the case.
Carabinieri seized assets worth more than €500,000 from a 45-year-old man in Brindisi, Mesagne, Carovigno and Torre Santa Susanna, following an order by the Lecce court’s Prevention Measures Section. The court accepted a proposal from the Lecce Anti-Mafia District Directorate; investigators linked the man to alleged illegal gambling and betting activity.
Carabinieri have placed under preventive seizure illicit assets exceeding €500,000, including property, current accounts and commercial activities, belonging to a 45-year-old man. The order came from the Lecce court's prevention measures section, which fully accepted a proposal by the Lecce Anti-Mafia District Directorate (DDA).
The Guardia di Finanza in Rome seized more than €25m in assets while investigating five former employees of a gaming concessionaire over alleged scratchcard fraud. Prosecutors allege that the former employees used confidential information to identify four winning tickets, worth €7m each for two tickets and €5m each for the other two. A judge will decide whether the precautionary measures remain in place.
ADM's Catania office reported more than 150 inspections since January across gambling venues and other licensed businesses. The authority said checks led to about 10 reports over unauthorised betting intermediation, around 40 non-compliant machines, tax assessments that could exceed €3m and administrative penalties totalling more than €1.5m.